31 Nov 2022 ( Iran International ) Protesters who flocked to Tehran’s Grand Bazaar area Saturday chanted against poverty, corruption and the ever-increasing cost of living, amid bad economic news. In response to an online call to protest at the Grand Bazaar, crowds formed in the area around...
29 Nov 2022 ( Huffpost ) Israel on Thursday swore in Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister of the most right-wing and religiously conservative government in the country’s history. Netanyahu took the oath of office moments after Israel’s parliament, or Knesset, passed a vote of confidence in his new...
28 Nov 2022 ( Euronews ) Nine police officers have been arrested in North Macedonia for allegedly taking bribes from motorists at the Serbian border. The suspects -- all stationed at the Tabanovce crossing in the north of the country -- face charges of "criminal association, bribery, and abuse of...
22 Nov 2022 ( Antara News ) The Jakarta Provincial Government has formed a Regional Anti-Corruption Advocacy Committee for the 2022-2024 period in a bid to improve the business climate. "I highly laud the efforts to prevent it (corruption) early and remind what must be done regarding the...
22 Nov 2022 ( Law Fare ) The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing war provide even more evidence of an army steadily losing ground because of a toxic combination of abysmal morale and corruption throughout the ranks. The tight coupling of corruption, low morale, and...
22 Nov 2022 ( The Nation ) There will be many legacies of the Roberts court whenever the history of this era is written, assuming history books are still allowed in the America John Roberts leaves behind. There will be the court’s string of anti-labor decisions, its...
6 Dec 2022 ( The Guardian ) Argentina’s vice-president and former president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, has been sentenced to six years in prison and given a lifelong ban on holding public office after being found guilty in a $1bn fraud case related to public works. Fernández de Kirchner...
13 Dec 2022 ( Aljazeera.com ) The billionaire co-chairman and CEO of Chinese developer Guangzhou R&F Properties Co Ltd is wanted in the United States, accused of paying kickbacks to obtain permits for a construction project in San Francisco, a court in London has heard. Zhang Li, who...
12 Dec 2022 ( Military.com ) The program that grants visas to Afghans who helped the U.S. military during the United States' longest war is at risk of ending next year after an extension was left out of the annual defense policy bill. The Special Immigrant Visa, or...
11 Dec 2022 ( DW ) Greek MEP Eva Kaili is among four suspects charged and remanded in custody on Sunday in Belgium in connection with a corruption scandal at the European Parliament involving World Cup hosts Qatar, media reports said. "Four individuals have been arrested by the Brussels investigating judge who...